Kneeling stool



July 15, 1958 s. D. LOCKSHIN 2,843,189 7 KNEELING STOOL Filed March 25,1957 if INVENTOR.

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United States Patent KNEELING STOOL Samuel D. Lockshin, Northampton,Mass., assiguor t0 Hampden Specialty Products, Inc., Easthampton, Mass,a corporation of Massachusetts Application March 25, 1957, Serial No.648,176

1 Claim. (Cl. 155-166) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in a kneeling stool for attachment to the legs of a chair.

The principal objects of the invention are directed to the provision ofa collapsible kneeling stool which is attachable to a chair, and whichmay be swung between extended and collapsed positions.

According to a novel feature of the invention, the kneeling stool isconstructed and arranged for attachment to the rear legs of a foldablechair in such a manner that the stool may be swung from extendedposition to collapsed position whereby it may be stored or shipped withthe chair in its collapsed condition.

It is desired to provide kneeling stools, in connection with chairs, invarious places, such as churches and the like, and the stoolconstruction is such as to not interfere with the use of the chair withwhich it is associated.

The kneeling stool construction is simple in form, and is easily andreadily swingable between an extended position for operational use and acollapsed storage position.

Various changes and modifications may be made in the form of theinvention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. The stoolis described, in the form at present preferred, in connection with theaccompanythe drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a folding chair having the kneelingstool of the invention associated therewith, and shown in lowerextendedposition;

Fig. 2 is a plan view on the line 22 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a rear elevational view of the rear legs of the chair in Fig.l with the kneeling stool in upper collapsed position at the rear of thechair legs.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the novel features of theinvention will be fully described.

For purposes of disclosure, a folding chair C is shown, and is similarto the folding chair shown and described in U. S. Patent No. 2,233,749of March 4, 1941.

Transversely spaced front legs 2 are connected by an upper part 4. Links6 are pivotally, connected at opposite ends to the front legs 2 and torear legs 8, as at 10 and 12 respectively. A seat 14, disposed betweenthe transversely spaced front and rear legs, is pivotally connectedthereto, at 16 and 18 respectively. The chair back is represented at 15.

The kneeling stool is represented by 20 and includes inner posts 22which are secured to the chair rear legs 8 by clamp members 24.

Said clamp members 24 are commonly known as ganging clamps, and consistof half-parts having ends for engaging around the legs and posts. Thehalf-parts are drawn together by screws or bolts 26, so as to clamp andconnect the legs 8 and posts 22.

A U-shaped lower link member 30 has side arms 32 with inner ends thereofpivoted at 34 to lower portions of the posts 22, and outer portionspivoted at 36 to lower portions of outer posts 40. A transverse portion38 of the lower link connects outer ends of the arms 32.

An upper U-shaped link 44 has inner ends of side portions 46 pivoted at48 to upper portions of the inner posts. Outer ends of said sideportions 46 are pivoted at 50 to upper portions of the outer posts 40.An outer end member 52 connects outer ends of the side members 46.

Brackets 54 are secured to opposite side members 46 and extend inwardlytherefrom. A kneeling pad 56 is secured to said brackets, and may beformed in various ways and formed from various materials to provide thedesired relatively soft pad for the knees.

From the extended position of the kneeling: stool shown in Figs. 1 and2, the side members 32 and 46 are swung upwardly relative to the innerposts 22 so that the side members 32 and 46 and the posts 22 and 40 arein substantial parallelism with the rear legs 8 of the chair andadjacent thereto, as in Fig. 3.

In this collapsed position of the stool, it occupies very little space,and in either the collapsed or extended position thereof, the use of thechair is not interfered with.

The posts 22 and 40 will preferably be made from metal tubing, and mayhave cushion plugs 60 in the ends thereof. Likewise the ends of thechair legs may be provided with such plugs 60.

The clamp members 24 are such that they may be swung to various anglesfor connecting the posts to chair legs of various spacing.

The stool is easily and readily attached to a chair, and

.is readily and easily swung between its extended and collapsedpositions. The chair may be used in the normal manner irrespective ofthe position of the kneeling stool.

Various changes and modifications may be made in the form of thekneeling stool, Without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention, and it is desired to claim and secure the following byLetters Patent of the United States.

I claim:

A kneeling stool construction arranged for connection to thetransversely spaced rear legs of a chair and adapted for movementbetween an upper collapsed position between said legs and a lower selfsupporting extended position rearwardly of said legs, a pair ofelongated inner posts having lower ends for resting on the floor, clampmeans for clamping intermediate portions of said posts to said rear legsof the chair whereby said posts are held in transversely spacedrelation, lower and upper U shaped links having elongated side arms andouter transverse end portions connecting outer ends of the side arms intransversely spaced relation with the said side arms in substantiallyparallel and transversely spaced relation, inner ends of the side armsof the lower link being pivotally connected to corresponding lowerportions of said inner posts below said clamp means, inner ends of theside arms of the upper link being pivotally connected to correspondingupper portions of said inner posts above said clamp means, a pair ofouter elongated posts having lower ends for resting on the floor,pivotal connections between lower portions of said outer posts and outerportions of the side arms of the lower link and pivotal connectionsbetween upper portions of said outer posts and outer portions of theside arms of the upper link, said pivotal connections being relativelydisposed to position the corresponding side arms of the lower and upperlinks in parallelism, and a kneeling pad secured to the upper side ofthe upper link.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,318,438 Follansbee Oct. 14, 1919 2,548,098 Clarin Apr. 10, 1951FOREIGN PATENTS 969,869 France May 31, 1950

